Novels like The Hidden Front of the War Against Japan
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- 1 Espionage: Getting Ready to Defect Again Today 【谍战】今天也在准备反水 So exhausted from revising his paper that he could barely keep his eyes open, Lu Chen decided to take a quick nap at his desk. When he opened his eyes, he found himself somewhere else. A dance hall decorated in a Republican-era style, sudden gunfire, and himself dressed in a suit and tie. Completely bewildered, Lu Chen pinched himself hard. It hurt. This wasn't a dream. Had he transmigrated? Lu Chen had just managed to accept the fact that he had transmigrated when someone respectfully addressed 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Espionage: Me and My Traitorous Family 谍战：我和我的汉奸之家 Chen Hui transmigrates into a mash-up world as a spoiled rich kid, the second generation of a powerful family. He thinks he’s come to live the good life, but it turns out his family has a complicated background: his father is the head of a local peace preservation association, his mother runs a brothel, his eldest brother is a senior interpreter for the Japanese, and his second brother is a puppet army battalion commander... At first, he plans to run away to save his own skin. But as time passes 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Landlord in the Bright Sword World 亮剑世界当地主 “They’ve all left. Why aren’t you going with them?” “I’m staying with Boss.” “This is a grand game of chess. We don’t even count as pieces. Taking a few pieces won’t really affect the situation.” “Boss, take as many as you want.” “Other people plan three moves ahead with every move, but your Boss can’t even see one move ahead. He’s a terrible chess player.” “Boss is amazing.” “So I thought, since we’re no good at chess, why play at all? We might as well smash the whole board!” “Boss, let me do i 1.4kReads6.5Score10014d adds
- 4 Espionage: This Undercover Agent Is Too Dependable 谍战：这个卧底太稳健了 He is Juntong's ace intelligence operative, a ghost to the Japanese: they know only his code name, never his true identity. When later generations ask him the secret to his success, he has only two words: play it safe. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 War of Resistance: Our Osaka Division Will Fight Its Way to the Top! 抗战：咱大阪师团，奋发图强！ Lin Chen transmigrates to World War II and becomes Hikawa Gangban, commander of the Third Battalion, 70th Regiment, Osaka Division. This is the Osaka Division, notorious for “dragging their feet on the battlefield but coming first in business.” But under Lin Chen's command, things change! Fighting to the death? Bravely slaughtering the enemy? That's standard practice, all right? Don't believe me? Ask the Yanks! They're fierce, sure, but what's the Osaka Division's guiding principle? Stay alive! 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Transmigrated into a Spy War: The Top-Secret Mission 穿越谍战之绝密使命 I, Old Xu, will work hard to write better novels. If you enjoy my work, I hope you’ll follow me. Cheer me on and encourage me so I can grow. Thank you all for your support. I bow to you. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Nanjing Shopkeeper: I Leave No Japanese Soldiers Alive 南京掌柜：杀鬼子，我不留渣 Nanjing, winter. The wind is like a knife, slipping right down your collar. Qin Muyao kneads dough. His knuckles are thick, covered in cracks, dusted with flour that won't wash clean. Across the street, Fujiwara Xue touches up her lipstick. That little mirror, they say its frame is stretched with human skin. Damn, she's got expensive taste. The dough has to be kneaded smooth. Even if you're going to die, you have to do the job cleanly. This woman's got a sharp eye; Qin Muyao knows it well. Kil 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Lone Spy 孤谍 [Entry for the 2018 Realism-Themed Writing Contest] Dedicated to the unsung heroes who fought and died alone for their beliefs during the war. Xi Haoran, an operative in the 76th Action Squad, is secretly an underground Communist Party agent. After his only contact is killed, the underground party marks him for elimination. To protect top-secret documents, party members go to their deaths one after another. With desperate cover from Military Statistics Bureau agents, he seizes the documents from 244Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 9 War of Resistance: I Don't Play by the Rules, and the Japanese Are Losing It 抗战：不当人的我，小鬼子人麻了 Zhang Ping'an transmigrated to 1941 and became a Communist Party intelligence agent operating undercover in Zichang County, Sanjin Province. He was also bound to a Super Warehouse System. “Zombie pig with a disease, stored for 20 years after dying under mysterious circumstances! System: One bite won't kill you, but eat too much and you'll definitely die!” “Dog meat with traces of rat poison? System: Dog meat is delicious. One bite and you'll go straight to paradise!” “Defective artillery shells 13Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 10 Espionage: Playing the Villain Behind Enemy Lines to Gather Intelligence 谍战之我在敌后做曹贼搞情报 Original work published on Tomato Novel. Please do not plagiarize. Plagiarism will be pursued. 1Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 11 Tidewater Affairs Office 潮汐事务所 Lin Chao, 34, is the founder of Tide Consulting. Formerly employed by a leading commercial park investment and promotion firm, he went independent because he was dissatisfied with an industry that put profits ahead of the right fit. His business focuses on corporate park investment consulting and brand strategy, with core client projects modeled on parks like Green Valley Smart Hub. Steady by nature, he likes to organize his work with project schedules and keep his feelings at arm’s length. But —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Deadly Key 致命的钥匙 In the late autumn of 1937, Shanghai is a battleground for competing forces in the wake of the Battle of Shanghai, with hidden currents running beneath the surface of this isolated city. A desperate struggle unfolds over intelligence on film detailing the locations of Japanese chemical weapons factories and their core formula, as well as the key to the sole antidote. The Chinese Communist underground, Nationalist secret agents working undercover, and Japan’s Kempeitai all fight to the death for 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Legend of the Canal Brigade 运河支队传奇 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy this first full-length historical novel to portray the wartime exploits of the Canal Brigade in depth. The author has spent years researching local historical records, bringing heroes like Sun Bolong and Zhu Daonan to life with vivid prose. The novel blends the rich local color and customs of southern Shandong: it reveals humanity amid the smoke of war and true feeling in the local dialect. This is a heroic saga e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Lost City of the Mekong 湄公河迷城 Deep in Southeast Asia’s dark web, an encrypted system known as the Shadow Web controls the flow of trillions in illicit funds. When a cross-border telecom fraud scheme using AI to fake the voices of government officials is exposed, Zhou Yunshen, commander of China’s Deep Web Task Force, leads his team into action. Two fronts unfold at once. In Taigu, undercover agent Shen Bing infiltrates the heart of the Golden Buddha fraud syndicate, searching for a crack amid brutality and lies. In Jianpoba 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Capital’s Gourmet 京城饕客 Jinling Foodie: A Spy Comedy Set in a Mutton Restaurant. Set amid the turmoil of postwar Nanjing in 1946, this sweeping tale blends history, espionage, and comedy rooted in everyday life. The restaurant’s “soup-and-meat separation” conceals covert operations, as the clatter of pots and pans collides with flashes of steel, revealing the resilience and resourcefulness of ordinary people. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Espionage: From the Start, I’m Running the Tokko Agency 谍战：开局玩转特高课 The Great Traitor System is binding... The cowardly traitor on the Juntong hit list who’s afraid to die? That’s me. The one who gives the Japanese a world of headaches, codename “Old Dog”? Also me. The one who clears out vermin for the Japanese, codename “Old Cat,” and strikes fear into the hearts of ghosts? Still me. The one who takes down crooked merchants and evildoers? Me. The one who has the underworld in his pocket? Also me. Watch me be nimble as a cat, steady as a dog, and turn the tide.. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Covert Front 隐蔽战线 Can he complete his undercover mission while resisting the temptations of a femme fatale and facing the challenges posed by an old demon and a clown? 9Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 18 Espionage: The Special Higher Police Agency Is Gone, and You Still Call Him Loyal? 谍战：特高课都没了，你说他忠诚 1940. Dongye Ming transmigrates into the role of an action squad leader in the Special Higher Police Section at the Japanese Shanghai Headquarters. Dongye Ming thinks that transmigrating to 1940 means he can shoot the Japanese invaders, but he never expects that the first person he wants to shoot is himself. He cries, “I can’t become Japanese. I can’t betray our martyrs. I’m going to kill this Japanese devil right now.” Just as he points the gun at himself, an unexpected turn of events occurs. Y 8Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 19 Lone Boat in a Sea of Espionage 谍海孤舟 Xiang Yi is reborn in 1939 in the body of a Juntong agent who shares his name. But as soon as Xiang Yi is reborn, he discovers that his predecessor had already defected to the Japanese and their puppet regime, and had also given up a list of Juntong personnel in Beiping, dealing the organization a devastating blow there. It seems there’s no going back to Juntong. Unwilling to become a traitor, Xiang Yi decides to join the Communist Party. But when he searches his predecessor’s memories, he disco 30Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 20 Abyssal Impostor: King of Spies for Seven Years 深渊伪装者：七年间谍王 In late autumn 1938, on the eve of Wuhan's fall, Nationalist staff officer Chen Xing wakes amid a pile of corpses. In his arms is a top-secret document capable of shaking the course of the war: the “Minutes of the Secret Sino-Japanese Talks,” a treasonous pact. Behind it lies a clandestine deal between senior figures in the Nationalist government and the Japanese invaders. But his true identity is “Jingzhe,” a Communist agent operating behind enemy lines. Now the Japanese special forces, a Junt 2.9kReads7.2Score33514d adds
- 21 After I Transmigrated into a Japanese Noble Family, I Became a Hidden Spy 穿越日本贵族后，我成了谍战暗棋 Lin Yanchuan, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Konoe Nobuhiko, the second son of Japan’s top aristocratic family, the Konoe clan, during World War II. He has no overpowered cheat, only one modest ability: by reading subtle descriptions of people’s psychology, he can see through their hidden emotions and intentions. When he first enters enemy territory, he treads carefully beneath the aura of his noble birth. As he mimics Japanese etiquette and naviga 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Espionage: I’m Actually the Enemy’s Top Female Leader 谍战：我竟是敌方顶级女领导 [1940s + espionage + no System + no romance] Who could make this up? A modern Japanese-speaking trade manager wakes up after transmigrating straight into a Chinese prison as a female prisoner with amnesia! The absurd part is, she has the exact same face as a Japanese Kempeitai female commander! The real commander has just been assassinated when the Kuomintang Military Statistics Bureau picks her up on the spot and forces her into intensive training to serve as a replacement spy. Fluent in Japane 2kReads6.1Score22614d adds
- 23 Espionage: I Always Have Another Identity in Reserve! 谍战：我永远都有下一层身份！ Lin Ye transmigrated to the Republican era and awakened a golden finger that lets him assume an unlimited number of identities. Wang Jingwei's puppet regime: Teacher, you are the person I respect most! Japan: Your Highness, the Emperor is counting on you to save the day! The United States: Lin, you are America's pride. Please lead America to greatness once again! None of them knew that Lin Ye's heart was red. In truth, he was just a humble transmigrator in a treacherous world of espionage, doing 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Undercover in Military Intelligence, Yet You Become the Demon Den's God of Wealth 卧底军统，你竟成魔窟财神爷 Lin De transmigrates into a world combining spy dramas such as The Rebel, Kite, and The Disguiser, becoming the “God of Wealth of the Devil's Den,” a man with four separate identities. From then on, as an undercover agent with the codenames “Dark Sparrow” and “Lone Wolf,” Lin De commands the tides of power in Shendu. Zheng Yaoxian: “For all my careful calculations, I never imagined that Mr. Lin De would have four identities at once.” Ming Lou: “His alertness and adaptability fooled even me. The 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Espionage: The Ultimate Agent Starts by Stealing Traits 谍战：最强特工，从掠夺词条开始 Su Ming transmigrates into a world of espionage and becomes an agent working behind enemy lines. From the start, he binds himself to a trait-stealing System and continually expands his abilities. The career of the ultimate secret agent has begun~ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Haze of Spies 谍雾濛濛 Shen Junfei, a high-ranking Communist Party agent deep undercover in enemy territory, suddenly withdraws, leaving behind a “young swallow” who has yet to spread her wings. Just like that, she is cast into the vast ocean of espionage... 4Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 27 Espionage: I Can Hear People's Thoughts, and I'm Shanghai's Intelligence Broker 谍战：偷听心声，我上海情报商人 [Can hear people’s thoughts] + [no female lead] + [nobility] Gu Ming returns to a Shanghai caught in turbulent times as Gu Ming of the Japanese noble Mitsui family. Using his noble status to pass on intelligence, he becomes the biggest information broker on Shanghai’s black market. No. 76: “Damn it, who leaked the information?” Chief of the Tokko: “Damn it! Find them! You have to find them!” With intelligence at his disposal, he becomes a renowned Shanghai businessman. Behind the cover of his bu 301Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Greatest Spy War: Lurking in the Shadows 最强谍战之仆伏 Set during the Republic of China period, this book tells the legendary story of Zeng Dazhi, one of our agents operating undercover in the East China Sea. Misunderstood, disavowed, and targeted by his own side, he remains true to his original convictions, risking his life to gather intelligence, blow up an enemy ammunition depot, help establish a radio station, transport medicine, and evacuate cultural figures. In the end, he returns to the liberated area, raises his right hand, and swears his al 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 War of Resistance: The Iron-Blooded Agent 抗战之铁血特工 After surviving the Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union, a courier for the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army is ordered to organize a small unit and return to northeast China to conduct reconnaissance. When contact with the Far East Military District is lost, he leads his newly formed unit in independent attacks against the Japanese invaders. Armed with PPSh submachine guns, G43 semi-automatic sniper rifles, and Bren light machine guns brought back from the Soviet-German battlefield, they 145Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 30 Espionage: I Have a Female Agent Squad 谍战：我有一支女子特工队 [Spy thriller + Building a power base + Minor System + Multiple heroines + Going it alone + Infiltrating enemy ranks] Top assassin Gu Changan’s soul travels to the Anti-Japanese War era, where he binds himself to a Retainer System and becomes a low-ranking patrolman in the French Concession. But by using his retainers and his own abilities, he rises step by step and dominates both the underworld and the legitimate world of Shanghai. He changes his appearance and infiltrates enemy ranks. With his 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 War of Resistance Espionage: Codename Zhong Kui, Slaying Demons and Traitors 抗日谍战：代号钟馗，斩鬼锄奸 [War of Resistance + Espionage + Republican Era + Business Rivalry + Underworld] No System, no transmigration, no invincible protagonist, and no foolish villains. An original tale of espionage during the War of Resistance, following a Communist Party agent who fights and bleeds his way to maturity. Amid the turmoil of Shanghai, he dances on the edge of a blade, cutting down Japanese invaders and traitors. 205Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Fighting the Japanese Aboard the Yukikaze, I Survive to Become a General 我在雪风号抗日，苟活成大将 Bad news: Lin Zhong has transmigrated to the War of Resistance era, only to find himself in the worst possible situation from the start: he's become one of the Japanese invaders. Good news: Thanks to his "outstanding performance" in the past, he's been assigned to the Yukikaze, the Imperial Navy's infamous good-luck charm and ultimate jinx! The Yukikaze of the 16th Fleet is escorting you three nautical miles to your left at 25 knots. Shinano: Deceased. First line: With the Yukikaze as your escor 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Pretender: A Max-Level Translator Reborn as a Shanghai Showgirl 伪装者之满级翻译穿成上海滩舞女 Lin Wan, an elite translator fluent in six languages, transmigrates in a dream and becomes Bailan, a dancer in 1939 Shanghai. In this deadly den of danger, she knows that great talent can be a curse, so she hides her astonishing abilities completely, showing herself only as a down-and-out young woman who speaks fluent English. Her low-key efforts to survive become the perfect disguise. The meticulous Wang puppet official Ming Lou notices her at once and personally sends her into the heart of the 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 My Years as a Dandy in the Juntong 在军统做纨绔的那些年 [Spy warfare + high intelligence + rooting out Japanese spies + no System] If you haven't read spy fiction, don't click in, because you won't understand it. A special forces soldier is reborn with the same soul (what does that mean?) in the Republican era. The Military Statistics Bureau's Seventh Brother opens a bank and establishes a secret international merchant association. The Skull and Bones, the great families, and all the rest can step aside: the Flower-Planting Nation is the best at doin 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Looting Corpses on the Battlefield, I Stole All the Enemy’s Technology 战场摸尸，我把敌军科技偷光了 [War in the snowfields, loot from kills, tactical hunting, building a strong military industry] A headshot from 800 meters! Just after sniping an enemy artillery spotter, the [Blue: Artillery Coordinate Calculation] trait appeared in his mind! History major and academic underachiever Tan Qiming transmigrates to the brutal snowfield battlefield. From the start, he watches his company commander die a heroic death saving him, then unexpectedly awakens the [Trait Extraction System]. He discovers th 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Espionage: I Have a Ghost Gate 谍战：我有一座鬼门关 [Espionage + Juntong + Wild Imagination + Multiple Heroines + Ruthless Action] Zhong Kui, an elite soldier, had his soul transported into Shanghai in 1937, taking over the body of an action-team member of the Lixing Society who had just died. When his superiors learned he was alive and had assassinated several Japanese agents that very day, they promptly transferred him to the intelligence division. Codenamed Yama, he became a true intelligence agent. Using his uncanny Ghost Gate, Zhong Kui hunt 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Ye Chen’s Fight for Survival in the Game World 叶辰的游戏世界求生之旅 Ye Chen is a fan and creator of games about the War of Resistance against Japan. For no apparent reason, he transmigrates into the very game he made, where he meets his good friends Zhang Fan and Wan Qiankun, who have also transmigrated into it. Can he survive the chaos of the game world and find a way back to reality? Stay tuned to find out. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Time-Traveling Agent: The Turmoil of Republican-Era China 时空特工：民国风云 I was tricked into becoming an employee of a space development company. Now I have to use time-space transfer technology to complete assignments across various timelines in the Republican era. The work is pretty easy, but in his spare time, Zhang Hao wants to stir things up. Green Gang thugs? Warlords carving up the country? With my hands in my pockets, what can you do to me? Imperialist powers? Japanese invaders? I'll turn everything upside down, all on my own! A passionate tale set in the Repu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Espionage: The Flight of the Bee 谍战之蜂飞 He was swept into the maelstrom of espionage by the “Lily Gold” deposited at HSBC. He matched wits with master spies and fell into passionate romances with beautiful women, until an ordinary young man became a top agent! He joined forces with his seniors to found the renowned “Institute 724,” serving as the guardian of the shield of New China. Though he was an unappointed “temporary worker,” the international intelligence world trembled at the mention of “Bee”! He was clear about whom he loved a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The World of Spies 间谍的世界 After the protagonist transmigrates, a mysterious department invites them to take part in the beta test of a spy-world game. Once inside, they discover that the game’s storylines are based on TV shows and movies they’ve seen before. It all starts with Sparrow. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Agent: I'm Really Not an Accountant 特工：我真不是会计 What I studied wasn’t accounting, but mathematics: a means for humanity to rigorously describe and derive the abstract structures and patterns of things. Meng Jingsi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Espionage: Capturing the Japanese Officer's Wife, Tan Xin Has Intelligence 谍战：俘虏鬼子夫人檀心有情报 This author is lazy and won’t write a blurb longer than 50 characters! When there aren’t enough characters, they make up the difference with “ah”: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... 5Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 43 The Flames of War and the Spy Doctor 烽火谍医 Ye Zhengwen, a doctoral supervisor with expertise in both Chinese and Western medicine, unexpectedly returns to 1938. His superb medical skills make him famous far and wide, and the Japanese invaders and puppet troops recruit him into their inner medical circle. This gives him access to the enemy's most closely guarded secrets, as well as the chance to hold a knife to their throats. With the nation on the brink of collapse and his homeland facing ruin, Ye Zhengwen is like a scalpel plunged into 178Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 44 The Peerless Young Master 1: Book 19 公子无双1第19本书 In 1931, Leng Feng, who had studied in Japan, joined the Japanese Special Higher Police as an undercover agent... With the three northeastern provinces occupied and the Japanese plotting to conquer all of China, Leng Feng faced a daunting mission as a spy operating among multiple factions. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I Woke Up as Wen San. Panicking? What Should I Do? 一觉醒来成了文三，很慌？怎么办 A wage slave who works 996 suddenly wakes up one day to discover he has transmigrated into War of Resistance in Peking and become the protagonist, Wen San, also known as Master Wen. What should he do? He’s just an ordinary office worker, and after transmigrating he has neither a System nor a golden finger. How can he survive in this era torn apart by war? ... 198Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 46 A Spy's Career, Starting with The Pretender 特工生涯，从伪装者开始 [No romance + transmigration + System] Office worker Lian Shuo is swallowed by a sudden explosion on his way to work. When he wakes up, he finds himself in Shanghai in 1933. An encounter with Ming Jing at a business association gathering makes him realize he’s in the world of The Disguiser, and an assistant System soon follows. Since Lian Shuo knows the story inside out, watch him make the most of his knowledge… 45Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 47 The Great Comeback of a Spy’s Young Agent 谍战小特务的大逆袭 Tang Sichen transmigrated to the era of the War of Resistance, becoming a low-level secret agent in the Military Statistics Bureau. He infiltrated the Japanese army and took the place of an officer in the Fourth Division. The Fourth Division was famous for dragging its feet in battle and leading the way in business! Using the Fourth Division as his platform, Tang Sichen began frantically selling off Japanese intelligence and military supplies: “Come have a look! Ninety-two-millimeter infantry gu 560Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 A Noble in Cao Cao's Camp 身在曹营当贵贵族 (Tags are all over the place) Yuzhen has spent years shuttling between consulting rooms and operating theaters, witnessing life and death until his nature has grown cool and detached. When a sudden accident claims his life, he assumes his story is over. But when he opens his eyes again, his soul has returned to twentieth-century Japan, where he is born into a noble family in Kyoto. The unfamiliar era and place leave him briefly bewildered. The medical expertise he honed in his previous life, alo 300Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 49 He Transmigrated into a Japanese Soldier 他穿越成了鬼子 Jiang Zhongzhou, a middle-aged history teacher, transmigrated into the body of a Japanese commander in a county town. Burning with a deep hatred of the Japanese invaders, he began tormenting them without letting on, playing them like putty in his hands and gradually “directing” them down a road of no return… Hilarious, absurd, and so satisfying!!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 War of Resistance: I'm a Prince's Son, Infiltrating the Japanese High Command 抗战：我亲王之子，卧底日军高层 [No System] [No Romance] In his previous life, he was a citizen of China. Reborn in a single day, he found himself among the top royal family of a foreign land. His family was powerful, his relatives cared for him deeply, and they granted him the highest status. War swept across the land, and his homeland fell into peril, but he never forgot where he came from. Though he stood in the opposing camp, he chose to lie low and bide his time, using his position to make plans in secret. In hiding amid 20Reads—Score—14d adds
